Somali National Movement

The Somali National Movement (SNM) was an anti-communist political party in Somalia that was active from 1981 to 1991. The party was founded by a group of Isaaq clan dissidents in Whitechapel, London, England, and it sought to overthrow Siad Barre's dictatorship. The SNM succeeded in overrunning several government outposts in northern Somalia during the Somali Civil War, and, on 18 May 1991, the SNM declared the independence of Somaliland, which became a semi-independent country within Somalia.